FS Me

{{Short description|Humanist sans-serif typeface}}

{{Infobox font

| name = FS Me

| image = Sample FS Me typeface.tif

| imagesize =

| style = Sans-serif

| classifications = Humanist

| creator = Jason Smith

| creationdate = 2008{{cite web

|url = http://www.creativereview.co.uk/back-issues/creative-review/2008/june-2008/this-face-is-fs-me-bold

|title = Work: This face is FS Me Bold. Designed for legibility

|author = Gavin Lucas

|work = Creative Review

|date = June 2008

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306171739/http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2008/may/this-face-is-fs-me-bold-designed-for-legibility/

|archivedate = 6 March 2016

|url-status = dead

}}

| foundry = Fontsmith

| license =

| variations =

}}

FS Me is a typeface/font that has been described as the first to have been designed in consultation with a group of people with learning disabilities[https://www.mencap.org.uk/node/7177 Mencap font is world class] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528015751/http://www.mencap.org.uk/node/7177 |date=2014-05-28 }}, Mencap, 9 May 2009 and designed for use by this population.{{cite web|url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2008/may/the-new-face-of-mencap|title=Creative Review - The New Face of Mencap|publisher=creativereview.co.uk|accessdate=26 September 2014|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306214506/http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2008/may/the-new-face-of-mencap/|url-status=dead}} It was developed by Jason Smith in response to a commission from the charity Mencap in 2008. It was the only font featured in the D&AD Annual 2009 covering advertising and design work.

The digital version of FS Me{{Cite web |title=System font choice |url=https://igda-gasig.org/how/platform-level-accessibility-recommendations/system-font-choice/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=IGDA Game Accessibility SIG |language=en-US}}[https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/consultations/uncategorised/7940-speaking-tv/responses/youview.pdf?v=207080] YouView Response to Ofcom’s Consultation on Speaking EPGs

September 2014 was commissioned by YouView in 2008 as part of the core accessibility specification of the platform that was created by Gareth Ford Williams.

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